List by Category: Pennsylvania News

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has awarded a $2 million contract for a consultant to look into what it would take to make that a reality.
The commonwealth has begun reviewing tech billionaire Elon Musk's hyper-loop concept. On it, pods...

March 15th is the deadline for commonwealth farmers to sign up for crop insurance on spring related crops.
Ag Secretary Russell Redding says farmers can protect their investments from rising input costs, unstable markets, and adverse weather...

Among the categories scrutinized were the number and type of roadway fatalities, including pedestrian; highway capacity and congestion.
The report is the result of a collaboration between the State Transportation Advisory Committee and...

During the week ending on March 2nd, nearly three percent of Pennsylvania emergency room visits were the result of the influenza virus, just below a peak which came a week earlier.
68 People have died of the flu in Pennsylvania this season...

A bill scheduled for a vote this week would give the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission the power to demand the return of privately held records with historical value and to ask Commonwealth Court to order that they be turned...

The Wall Street Journal claims twenty-seven universities across the United States, Canada and Southeast Asia were targeted to steal maritime technology research meant for military use.
According to officials referenced by the paper, the...

The U.S. Supreme Court has not yet said whether it'll take it up.
Michael Geer with the Pennsylvania Family Institute, says the future ruling will impact districts "all across America."
Six students from Boyertown School District argue their...

The commonwealth is already second in the country in sales value of organic products, but far behind top-ranked California.
State agriculture officials say demand appears to be growing with 78% of Pennsylvanians saying they bought some organic...

Pennsylvania's secretary for the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs says the commonwealth is mirroring a national trend in drug use and abuse.
Jennifer Smith insists cocaine and meth use is up, while heroin and prescription drug deaths are...